Sally Hawkins

Bob Hoskins

Miranda Richardson

Geraldine James

Rosamund Pike

Andrea Riseborough

Daniel Mays

Jaime Winstone

Kenneth Cranham

Rupert Graves

John Sessions

Roger Lloyd Pack

Richard Schiff

Lorraine Stanley

Nicola Duffett

Matthew Aubrey

Phil Cornwell

Karen Seacombe

Thomas Arnold

Sian Scott

Robbie Kay

Andrew Lincoln

Joseph Mawle

Gina Bramhill

Marcus Hutton

Joseph Kloska

Miles Jupp

Frank Baker

Philip Perry

Peter-Hugo Daly

Simon Armstrong

Matilda Cole

Romy Taylor

Angus Barnett

Birgitta Bernhard

Laurie Cannon

William Ivory

Nico Tatarowicz

Denis Gilmore

Danny Huston

Mitchell Mullen

Matt King

Noah Taylor

Victoria Watkins

Craig Randall

John de Borman

Stephen Woolley

Andrew McAlpine

Christine Langan

Tim Haslam

Paul White

Elizabeth Karlsen

Lucy Bevan

Michael Parker

Nigel Cole

Norman Merry

David Arnold

Laurie Borg

Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou

Louise Stjernsward

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Made in Dagenham

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Andres Gomez

In spite of being an interesting story and having good cast and performances, it is not as thrilling as it could have been.

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This is quite an interesting retrospective look at the efforts made by ordinary, working women to achieve equal recognition, and payment, for their skills and efforts in 1960's Britain. Set against a backdrop of economic torpor; Sally Hawkins and Geraldine James lead a workmanlike cast of British stalwarts who set about to challenge the Ford Motor Company to pay them fairly for their work. Even with a Labour (socialist) government and the formidable Barbara Castle (Miranda Richardson) as Employment & Productivity Secretary in Harold Wilson's government and initial trade union backing; this proved to be a fairly monumental effort involving hardship and strife - at work at at home - for all concerned. At time, humorous, this is a poignant insight into the battles, frequently between what one might reasonably assume to be those on the same side; and even amongst some working men who did not, themselves, believe women merited pecuniary equality. Bob Hoskins is pretty good as the mischievous shop steward who manages to encourage the women to challenge, and sustain their efforts in the face of establishment opposition with Richard Schiff also good as the US Ford manager brought in to "bust" it all... It's a bit simplistic, but certainly worth a watch.

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Made in Dagenham( 2010)

In the fight for equal rights, an ordinary woman achieves something extraordinary.

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Written by Andres Gomez on Thu Dec 05 2013

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